brachylogy

== English == === Alternative forms === brachyology, brachylogia === Etymology === From Late Latin brachylogia from Ancient Greek βραχυλογία (brakhulogía), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) +‎ -λογία (-logía, “speech”), equivalent to brachy- +‎ -logy; compare brachyology. === Pronunciation === enPR: bră-kĭlʹə-jē, IPA(key): /bɹæˈkɪl.ə.d͡ʒi/ Hyphenation: bra‧chyl‧o‧gy === Noun === brachylogy (countable and uncountable, plural brachylogies) Concise speech; laconism. (rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!" ==== Hyponyms ==== (rhetoric): zeugma, syllepsis, apokoinou, compendious comparison, praegnans constructio, asyndeton, aposiopesis ==== Translations ==== === See also === ellipsis === Further reading === “brachylogy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “brachylogy, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “brachylogy, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 653, column 1. “brachylogy, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “brachylogy, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume I, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 653, column 1.